Pay-to-win has come to "Destiny". As part of the Festival of the Lost, players can use silver to purchase Treasures of the Lost. This random package could include items that speed up weapons upgrades and glimmer farming. So, remember when Bungie said silver would only be used for cosmetic items? Well, they aren't.
Micro-transactions are a slippery slope. The community needs to keep Bungie from going down that slope. Make your voices hear. Raise a ruckus. Let the Bungie faithful assail your revulsion of micro-transactions and pay-to-win. Let them see your resolve. Until Bungie relents and goes back to making "Destiny" the game it should be, we hold the line.
Edit: From Reddit [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/3qax5y/destiny_halloween_event_festival_of_the_lost/]https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/3qax5y/destiny_halloween_event_festival_of_the_lost/[/url]
These aren't cosmetic items only. They include consumables.
Edit: Keep responding. "STFO, "Never go full . . .", "You're an idot". It's all there already. Every reply bumps this post and keeps the pressure on Bungie to avoid going pay-to-win. And yes, I know some Guardians would love it if "Destiny" went pay-to-win and they could just buy a Gjallarhorn 3.0, but that's not the game I bought.
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I feel sorry for a lot of people in this community... the level of paranoia and Destiny doomsday rhetoric being shoveled around here is disturbing. This event is not in any way a pay-to-win scheme. It's a pay to have fun and play Destiny in a different way scheme. If you would rather play Destiny your way, by all means, please do. No one is forcing you to buy anything in order to win, have an edge over everyone else, or just to try and keep up. The items offered are cosmetic, reskins of items already available as a drop/dismantle drop/Gunsmith item, and nothing else. To be honest, I don't understand what here is to be feared, unless you really enjoy just being upset over nothing and trying to convince others of nefarious future wrongdoings that will ruin the game forever. Which, if Bungie did at all, would defeat the purpose of making money to begin with. Thus, micro-transactions on a pay-to-win scale would net less money in the long run. Hmm....